450 



JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTUEB AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ Jtine 2-3, 1871. 



necessary. If liked, the crown-board can be removed alto- 

 gether, and the adapter only, between the super and the barp, be 

 used. Glasses are not placed on the top of the super. Yon 

 had better obtain " Langstrotb on the Honey Bee," which 

 though not treating of the management of the Woodbury hive, 

 is the best authority as regards the working of frame hives 

 generally. It may be obtained through any bookseller. The 

 progeny would assuredly be hybrid. The inmates of the royal 

 cells so excised and sent to a distance, would be dead before 

 they could be inserted in the comba of the hives intended for 

 them ; nor would the transmission of brood comb be likely to 

 be attended with more fortunate results.] 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



W. Jackson, Blakedown, Kidderminster, has had postnge stamps sent 

 to him for Spanish fowls' eg^g, and has not sent them to E. Hall, Chelms- 

 ford, nor yet replied to his letters. 



" T. H. KiLSHAW, 4, Kensington Street, Kensington, near Liverpool, is 

 ■well known. I have had several applications from him for valuable birds. 

 He is supposed to go by many other names, including J". R. Reed, 

 Wavertree, near Liverpool, and of Lea Green, near Rainhill, Lanca- 

 shire, &c.— J. H. Watkins, Byford." 



G. W. CooPEE.— Mr. Eulmer, of Spalding, says he sent him Black Barb 

 Pigeons and was not paid. 



Bedlington Show.— Mr. Yardley took the. first prize for Carriers, and 

 not the second as reported. 



Undubbed Game Cock i.^ Subscriher). — He would have no chance of 

 ^'inning unless dubbed. 



Bantams with Doekings (North Devon Farmer).-~Yon raay safely act 

 on the opinion of the " Wiltshire Rector." We have kept Bantams 

 and large fowls together for years without any " mesalliance." 



Chickens Dying (C. A. TT.).— That which reared the first should rear 

 those that follow them. You on the sjiot should be better able to ascer- 

 tain the cause of failure than we are. What has the alteration been in 

 the treatment and management? When chickens have neither gnpes nor 

 catarrh we seek for some other cause for discontent and death. There 

 is a favourite theory in the present day, that all diseases spring from 

 parasites, and we believe your chickens die from them and their effects. 

 These latter are constant restlessness, dissatisfaction with everything, 

 loss of appetite, perishing of body, and final " give it up." The cm-e is 

 to provide them in all their haunts with wood ashes, rofid grit, and brick- 

 layers' rubbish. As soon as they bask in either of these, the parasites 

 are done away wilh. If none of these are at hand— and in wet weather it 

 is sometimes difficult to find dust of any kind— then dip the end of your 

 finger in oil, put a few drops under the wing, on the back, and at the poll. 

 As they require support give them some bread steeped in strong ale. You 

 ■will also do well to have plenty of camphor in all their water. 



FowiS FOR Egg-producikg (E. It, P.).~FoT egg-producers, we advise 

 you to keep Brahmas. For the table, the Brahma is improved by being 

 crossed with the Dorking. The best plan is to put a Dorking cock to 

 Brahma hens. If the best quality of poultry is desired, it will be far 

 better to keep pure Dorkings. They are the be£t table fowls in the 

 world. 



GuiKEA Fowls (Idevi). — They are fond of choosing their own roosting 

 places, and have a preference for trees, but where they have been ac- 

 customed to a hou=e they will go into it to roost. They almost always 

 steal th^ir nests. They should be kept in pairs, as they are monogamous. 

 They arQ not particularly quarrelsome, but no birds should roost with 

 fowls, a fowl-house should be devoted exclusively to fowls. 



Feather-eating Fowls (G. H. P.). —We can tell you n-^ '^ure, except 

 giving your fowls their liberty. We suffer from it with binU that are in 

 confinement, but never when they are at liberty. A libeiui supply of 

 ■green food, especially lettuce, tends to lessen the propensity. 



Sheep's Paunch [Subscriber). — We do not know whether that par- 

 ticular part of a sheep is good for poultry, but all cooked meat chopped 

 fine is good feeding. Anyone who can discover good and cheap food 

 will be a benefactor, but our experience is, as a rule, cheap things are 

 dear. 



Silver-Gret Dorkings (An Old Suhscriber),~We have no difficulty 

 in rearing, nor do we think them more delicate than any others. Our 

 difficulty is about feather; so many of them offend in that particular. 

 We are convinced that in breeding for feather, everyone must breed well 

 and kill well. All that will not embellish a show must furnish the spit or 

 the stock-pot. 



Fowls Over-fat, Livers Diseased (Hants Rcnw ifc). —Yon oyer-feed; 

 we wonder your fowls lay even fairly, but they obtain other food beside 

 that you name. That would not make them fat inside. Internal fat 

 prevents laying, and eventually causes death from the large, pale, un- 

 healthy liver. The gall is unable to circulate, and is absorbed by the 

 liver. Do not change your food, but give less, and as a beginning give 

 nothing, positively nothing. That will be a cure. You have probably 

 gone on with the same dietary you had in the winter. Recollect they 

 want lesp, and the grass run yields much more. 



Rabbits at Stroud Snow (E. TT.].- The longest-eared Babbit at the 

 Show at Stroud measured 22^ inches by 5.^ inches, and some three more 

 were almost equally good in the ear, and the exhibitors were Messrs. 

 Easten, Gravel, King, and Ridley. 



White-eye Pigeon (Scader).—V7e sent your note to a good authority, 

 and he replies as follows—" I am pleased to find that 'Reader' has 

 found some one to solve his problem satisfactorily. The White-eye is the 

 Volant he discovers, and he now wants to know whether tbo White-eye, 

 the Volant, and the Cupulot are not synonymous. Ho will vet probably 

 discover that they have other names also, but the most appropriate one 

 for such cross-bred birds is that of mongrel, as I havo before said ; and 

 notwithstanding tho book he quotes 1 adhoro to my opinion that the 

 White-eye, as described by ' Ruadsr,' is a cross between the inferior 



Antwerp and the Tumbler, and as such they cannot be regarded as pur© 

 in breed. And if, as 'Reader' and his informants affirm, the breed is 

 imported from Belgium, I am the more satisfied of their being of the 

 Antwerp race, for birds in Belgium are chiefly regarded for their homing 

 properties ; purity of race and beauty being almost ignored in the en- 

 deavours to propagate the best and fastest of flying Pgeons." 



Grub near Hive (L.). — The larva found outside your hive is not that 

 of the honeycomb moth ; in fact, it is not even Lepidopterous, heing that 

 of one of the two-winged Syrphideous flies.— I. O. W. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 

 Camden Square, London. 

 Lat. 51° 32^ ^0" N. ; Long. 0° 8' 0" W. ; Altitude lllfeet. 



Date. 



9 A.3I. 



In the Day. 





1871. 



3^ a^ 



Hygrome- 

 ter. 



Direc- 

 tion of 

 Wind. 



Temp, 

 of Sou 



Sliade Tem- 

 perature. 



Radiation 

 Tempera- 

 ture. 



■i 



June. 





at 1 ft. 







In 



On 







n5=s 



Dry. 



Wet. 







Max. 



Min. 



sun. 



grass 







Inches. 



dppr. 



deff. 





deg. 



deg. 



deg. 





deg. 



In. 



We. W 



29.921 



02.8 



60.7 



S. 



56.3 



74.4 



55,5 



119.6 



56.8 



0.410 



Th. 15 



29.861 



63.7 



62.7 



S.B. 



67.4 



75.2 



67.2 



120.2 



54.3 



0.202 



Fri. 16 



29.787 



66.2 



62 8 



S.W. 



68.3 



76.0 



57.4 



112.0 



58.3 



0.245 



Sat. 17 



29 621 



63.8 



60.9 



B. 



69.3 



68.1 



67.3 



S6.7 



66.4 



0.60O 



Sun. 18 



29.619 



63.0 



57.1 



S.W. 



58.6 



72.1 



64.4 



114.2 



54.2 



0.180 



Mo. 19 



29.5S1 



62.0 



57.1 



S. 



58.8 



72.1 



53.0 



121.2 



53.0 



0.679 



Tu. 20 



29.590 



62.8 



67.8 



N.B. 



68.6 



69.2 



62.8 



117.3 



49.3 



0.150 



Means 



29.712 



63.3 



69.9 





68.2 



72.4 



65.4 



113.0 



54.6 



2.307 



REMARKS. 



14th —Wet in night and early morning ; fine from noon till 4 p.m., then 

 rain, with lightning at night. 



15th. — Very showery and damp till noon, then fine till 5 SOp.it. ; wet even- 

 ing, with lightning at 10.30 p.m. 



16th.— Dull morning, fine afternoon, rain from 5.30 p.m , and lightning at 

 night. 



17th. — Very dark in the morning, a little son at noon ; rain commencing 

 at 2.30, and continued at intervals all day, some very heavy 

 showers ; thunder at 3.20 p.in. 



ISth. — Showery morning, fine afternoon and evening. 



19th. — Fair in morning, thunderstorm from noon to 8 p.m., very heayy 

 rain and hail from 2.25 to 2.40 p.m., fine night. 



20th. — Sunshine and cloxid till 1.12 p m., when thunder was first noticed, 



the storm increased for some time, and did not subside till 8 p.m-, 



there having been hail at 2.29 ; dull and showery the rest of the day, 



A warm and very wet week, with thunderstorms, thunder and lightning 



eyery day but Sunday.— G. J. Symons. 



COVENT GARDEN aiARKET.— JuxE 21. 

 The weather of the past week has materially interfered with the foreign 

 as well as home trade, interrupting the supxilies, and checking the amount 

 of business that would otherwise have been done. Importations from 

 the Continent and Channel Islands comprise Grapes, Strawberries, 

 Cherries, Apricots, Plums, and Figs. A second cargo of West Indian 

 Pines is to hand in fair condition, fetching from dd. to 2s. each, Heavy 

 arrivals of Potatoes are reported both by rail and coastwise. 



Apples i sieve 1 



Apricots doz. 2 



Cherries lb. 1 



Chestnuts bushel 



Currants i sieve 



Black do. 



FigB doz. i 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 3 



Gooseberries quart 6 



Grapes, Hothouse.... lb. 3 



Lemons ^100 6 



Melons each i 



d. s. 

 6 to 4 

 3 

 2 

 

 

 

 8 



2 

 



8 

 10 



Mulberries lb. 



Nectarines doz. 10 



Oranges..., 1^ 100 6 



Peaches doz. 12 



too 







20 

 10 



Pears, kitchen doz. 



dessert doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 6 



Plums 1 sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts bushel 10 



ditto ^100 I 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes. doz. 4 Ot 



Asparaffua as- 100 4 



Beans, Kidney .... ^^ 100 1 6 



Broad bushel 



Be6t,Red doz. 2 



Broccoli bundle 



Brussels Sprouts . . i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 1 



.^?H00 

 



Capsicums .. _ 



Can-ota bunch 



Cauliflower doz. i 



Celery bundle 1 



Colewort8..doz. bunches 3 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel hunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish .... bundle 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce doz. 



Mushrooms pottle 1 



Mustard & Cress . . punnet 

 Onions bushel 5 



pickling quart 



Parsley sieve S 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 1 



Potatoes bushel 3 



Kidney do. 3 



Radishes . . doz. bunches 



Rhubtii'b bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 2 



Tomatoes doz. 3 



Tumipg bunch 



Vegetable Marro ws . . doz. 



d. 8. 

 4 too 

 3 1 

 2 

 9 



POULTRY MARKET.— June 21. 

 Larger supply, and a fair bat not increasing trade, 

 quently lower. „„.--^-, 



s. d. s. 

 to 3 

 8 

 9 2 



a 



Prices couse- 



Large Fowls 8 



Smaller ditto 2 



Chickens 1 



DuckliuKS 3 



GosliB;<a 5 



PJieaaauta., 



Pirreons .. 

 Kabbiia . ,, 

 Wild ilitto , 



Ilaros 



GuiQoa Fowl., 



d. 8. (I 

 9 to 10 

 4 15 

 fl 10 

 

 



Grouse !J} 



